crow
Other forms: crows; crowing; crowed
A crow is a large, intelligent, black bird with a loud call. Farmers and gardeners set up "scarecrows" to keep crows away from their seeds and crops.
A crow is glossy and dark, a close relation of the raven, and a large group of crows is known as a murder. When a crow caws, you can also say it crows — and another way to crow is to call out with satisfaction about something: "I'm so proud of the award I just want to crow about it all day long!" The Old English root of crow is crawe, which imitates the sound a crow makes.
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black birds having a raucous calltypes:type of:corvine birdbirds of the crow family
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the cry of a rooster (or an imitation of it)types:cock-a-doodle-dooan imitation of the crow of a cocktype of:crythe characteristic utterance of an animal
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utter shrill sounds
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express pleasure verbally
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dwell on with satisfaction
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an instance of boastful talk
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Rejoice! When it comes to expressing how people talk when they're happy, there are lots of cheerful choices to use instead of "said". So learn these words from the lexicon of laughter and good vibes, and you’ll be glad you did!
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Explore the world of animals with this collection of words that will make you go hog wild! From aardvarks to zebras, it's sure to be more fun than a barrel full of monkeys! Here are links to our lists in the collection: List 1, List 2, List 3, A Vocabulary Bestiary